Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who provides bond or surety for another.
- noun A male bondservant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, a surety; one who is bound or who by bond becomes surety for another.
- noun Same as
bondman , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman.
- noun (Law) A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A male
slave . - noun A male
indentured servant . - noun Someone who signs a
bond that states that they have takenresponsibility for someone else'sobligations .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a male slave
- noun someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
- noun a male bound to serve without wages
Etymologies
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Examples
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The sheriff, who started his career in the jail and has focused on detentions throughout his time in office, says he called a bondsman "to inquire as to the process of how a $300,000 bond works, so [Day's] family would know the process and understand their options."
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VELEZ-MITCHELL: No, listen, you know, the $50,000 goes back to the bail bondsman, which is your nephew, so it stays in the family, is what he ` s saying.
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He knows I'll call the bondsman and tell them to go get him out, and they will.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Berendt, John 1994
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He knows I'll call the bondsman and tell them to go get him out, and they will.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Berendt, John 1994
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If your loved ones have problems and got to jail - you might need bail bondsman aka bail agents.
Bot Street Journal 2010
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About 7 a.m. Spicer was released from his cell to complete the booking process and call a bondsman, which normally is not done at the time intoxicated subjects are arrested.
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About 7 a.m. Spicer was released from his cell to complete the booking process and call a bondsman, which normally is not done at the time intoxicated subjects are arrested.
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If your loved ones have problems and got to jail - you might need bail bondsman aka bail agents.
Bot Street Journal author 2010
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They've been out of jail; they're just going to call another bondsman and get another bond.
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They've been out of jail; they're just going to call another bondsman and get another bond.
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